CHICAGO PNEUMATIC TOOL CO. v. HUGHES TOOL CO.

Nos. 3919, 3947.

180 F.2d 97 (1950)

CHICAGO PNEUMATIC TOOL CO. v. HUGHES TOOL CO. (two cases).

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd H. Crews, New York City (Darby & Darby, Harvey W. Mortimer, Raymond G. Mullee, New York City, Bruce McClelland, Oklahoma City, Okl., on the brief), for appellant.

George I. Haight, Chicago, Ill. (Robert F. Campbell, Houston, Tex., Edward A. Haight, Chicago, Ill., Lynn Adams, Oklahoma City, Okl., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and HUXMAN and MURRAH, Circuit Judges.


PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

On July 19, 1947, Hughes Tool Company,1 a Delaware corporation, commenced this action against Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company,2 a Massachusetts corporation, for alleged infringement of four patents.3

Pneumatic (Mass.) filed an answer in which it set up in addition to other defenses, unclean hands and estoppel by laches, predicated on a motion to dismiss...

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